As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.

Older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

Luck in all its moods had to be loved and not feared Bond saw luck as a woman, to be softly wooed or brutally ravaged, never pandered to or pursued. But he was honest enough to admit that he had never yet been made to suffer by cards or by women. One day, and he accepted the fact he would be brought to his knees by love or by luck.

A gentleman's choice of timepiece says as much about him as does his Saville Row suit.

Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it.